Tie and rail-fastener.



F. W. WORLEY.

TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATIONFILED M'AB..20, 1911.

994,551 c Patented June 6,1911.

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. f portion of 1?- tie FREDERICK W. WOBLEY, OF MOUNT "VERNON, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J1me 1911.

Application filed larch), 4811; Serial No. 615,639.

To all whom. 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W.0B uzr, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing;l at'MountfVernon, in the county of Westc ester andState of New York, have invented certain new and usef l- Improvements inTies and -Rail-Fasteners, 'of which the following is '-a specification,reference being had'therein to the accompanyingdrawin g. This,invention: relates to ties and rail fasteners, and the objectsof theinvention are to providea tie that can be made of metal or concrete andplaced upon a roadbed, firmly supporting the rails of a track', and tofurnish the tie. with a fastener that will positivelyretain railsthereon. and prevent lateral and vertical displacement of said rails. 1Further. objects of the invention are to provide a rail fastener thatcan be easily and quickly .'nsta.lled without the use of skilled labor;and to provide a fastener that is simple in construction, 'durable andinex: pensive tomanufacture;

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction to be 1hereinafter specifically described andthen 'claiined, and reference willnow be had to the drawing' wherein there is illustrated a'preferredembodiment of .the invention, but it is to be understoodthzi-t thestructural ceptible to such changes .as fall within. the. scope oftheappended claim. Y

In the drawing z-Figure 1 is a side e e vation of a portion of a tie inaccordance with this invention. Fig.- 2 is a plan of the same. "Fig;3fis a perspective view ofth detached outer fastener... Fig. is a plaininner fas'ten'er and Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the tie 'isidentical,saryto descr be one end of thetiej;

' ends thereof terminat g.

of a portion of the tie I partly broken away and part1 in sections..."

The re .erence numeral 1 denotes an long tie structure made of metal orcon'crete and as the detailed construction at each end I- deem it onlyneces The tie adj merit to the end thereof is provided-with fourvertical openings 2 havm'githe lower recessesfiadapt ed to receive the.heads 4;..of vertical bolts 5. These bolts are employed. in, c nnectionwith nuts 6 for plats Tuponthetie 1m a tie structure 15.; d patehavingopemngsf81to' i 15, for a purpose that w The slot '14 is incommunication with and said plate is through the of oflsetto extend over23 of the rail-12. The outer edge of -t e I fastener 21 has 'a dependingto engage in the slot 13.

elements thereof are sus-.

and. quic ly "the base flanges of "the tie, plate fi'rml plateconst-ituting the outer end ,of

flage .ofthe'. rail," a lug carried by -:outer; end of said. fastenerand extend ngv 1 receive the upper ends of bolts 5. The in-.

.ner edge of the plate'7 is cut or sheared, as at 9 to provide a centralton ue 10,which is bent upwardly and inward y to constitute an innerfastener forengaging the inner base flanges 11 of a rail 12. a The outerend of the plate 7 is provided with two longitudinal slots 13'and14, thelatter having the longitudinal walls intermediatethe ends provided withoppositely disposed recesses l presently appear.

a pocket 16 inthe top of-the tie structure 1, provided with a dependingpin 17 extending into said pocket.

V The reference having awinged head 19 adapted to pass s 0t 14: intothepocket '16 and numeral 18 denotes'a bolt engage" the pin 17, whichprevents thebolt 18 from rotating in one'direction, when the nut 20 isscrewed upon the upperend of the bolt. The oppositely disposed recesses15' rovide clearance for the bolt 18. The

- bolt 18'and the nut 20are adapted to retain an outer fastener 21 upon.the tieeglate, said outer fastener having the inner ge therethe outerbase flan 'e lug 24 adapted From the -foregoing it willbe-observedrts-of the fastener can be-easily assembled to I positivelyhold. arail in e agement with 7, and that sa dtie plate is anchored uponthe tie structure.

The combination with anoblong tie. structure, of a 'tie'platemountedupon' said structure adjacent to 'thecend thereof and adapted to;support ajrail, said tie plate hav. ing. an" inner edge thereof cut to.form' a on en p ard y wa d y t e gage the inner that. the

with'one ofsaid slots, 9. bolt arranged-in in t e base .flange' of vtherail,,tho. tie platehaving slots ,formed therein, said tie structurehaving .a

plate, a u

i pocket formed therein in communication said ocket and. extending[upwardly throu said tie; late, an .outerfastenerar- 'rang 11 n sai tieplate and having the inner en thereofextendingovertheouter screwed uponsaid bolt for holdin said outer In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnature fastener in elgzlggement with sai p]ate,-(,,1and in the presence oftwo witnesses.

means Carrie y said late and exten ing 7 into the pocket of sai tiestructure and FREDERICK WORLLX' 5 adapted to prevent said bolt fromrotating Witnesses:

during the screwing of said nut upon said SANFORD HALLOCK,

bolt, substantially as'described. ARTHUR C. BLATZ.

